Make more money by making sure your links are valid html

[Simon]

Originally Posted by cd34

Almost every traffic trading script will entify the url when it is placed in a database and redirect the surfer via an entified link.

That's one more reason for sponsors not to use the standard CCBill link structure (or any structure that uses the '&' character in their links).

It's much better* to be able to link to a paysite using something like:

http://www.PaysiteName.com/?r=123456

There's no need to encode anything in that link address. The sponsor just needs some php code on the index page of 'PaysiteName.com' to grab the '123456' and stick it in an UNencoded "refer.ccbill.com/cgi-bin/..." address and send that along to CCBill to get the cookie set. CCBill sends the surfer back to the paysite immediately and it's like nothing special happened at all to the surfer.

The same thing applies on links to HFS and FHG. On those I like the idea of embedding the code somewhere inside the url instead of sticking it on the end, but either way, I think that getting rid of the '&' character in any and all links given to affiliates is something that all sponsors should do.


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* When I say 'better' I mean from the standpoint of the affiliate webmaster. Obviously it might be financially attractive to a sponsor if some/many of the incoming signups didn't require any commissions to be paid out.